Category: Science

British chef Mike Keen will ski across Greenland eating only fermented seal. Researchers will study how the Inuit diet shapes gut health.

Live Science spoke with a leading epidemiologist from Emory University about her impressions of how the hantavirus outbreak is being managed in the U.S.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th

Over the years, anticipation has built for the start of observations at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in the mountains of the Atacama Desert in

A “very strong” El Niño is now the most probable scenario for the October-to-February period.

AI chatbots normalize sexual violence, initiate unwanted sexual conversations and offer personalized stalking advice because of how they’re designed. Their makers need to be held

In their first visit to Canada since returning to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts opened up about the moments that blew their minds — and

A study of 50 crab species in Japan traces the iconic sideways walk to a single ancestor, suggesting the trait drove the group’s remarkable diversity.

Historian Janet Browne’s Darwin: A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’s most controversial pioneers.

A hearing system that monitors brain waves could help people with hearing loss communicate in noisy environments. (Image credit: Matteo Farinella)

In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica’s sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Sea ice extent reached a record low in 2023, and scientists

Don Juan Pond is a mysterious lake in Antarctica that contains so much calcium chloride, it doesn’t freeze in subzero temperatures.

This hybrid smartwatch is everything your regular fitness tracker is not, and we absolutely love it for that. It is not without its faults, though.

Female rats prefer gentler tickling, a finding that could reshape animal happiness research.